Richard Cyriax's note concerning Thomas Simpson's claim of having discovered the Northwest Passage
Abstract In 1957 the well-known Arctic historian Richard Cyriax sent a copy of some of his notes to the Hudson's Bay Company Archives. These notes, which are reproduced here in full, concerned the claim by Thomas Simpson to have discovered the Northwest Passage on an expedition from 1837 to 183...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400016211 2024-03-03T08:41:52+00:00 Richard Cyriax's note concerning Thomas Simpson's claim of having discovered the Northwest Passage Barr, William 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400016211 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400016211 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 36, issue 197, page 113-116 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2000 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400016211 2024-02-08T08:46:28Z Abstract In 1957 the well-known Arctic historian Richard Cyriax sent a copy of some of his notes to the Hudson's Bay Company Archives. These notes, which are reproduced here in full, concerned the claim by Thomas Simpson to have discovered the Northwest Passage on an expedition from 1837 to 1839. The reasons for Simpson's belief that he had achieved this long-sought-after accomplishment are investigated, and the conclusion is arrived at that, despite his honest belief to have done so, Simpson did not, in fact, complete the Northwest Passage, as that term is normally understood. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northwest passage Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Northwest Passage Polar Record 36 197 113 116 |
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Abstract In 1957 the well-known Arctic historian Richard Cyriax sent a copy of some of his notes to the Hudson's Bay Company Archives. These notes, which are reproduced here in full, concerned the claim by Thomas Simpson to have discovered the Northwest Passage on an expedition from 1837 to 1839. The reasons for Simpson's belief that he had achieved this long-sought-after accomplishment are investigated, and the conclusion is arrived at that, despite his honest belief to have done so, Simpson did not, in fact, complete the Northwest Passage, as that term is normally understood. |
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